Greater Manchester has taken control of its £6 billion annual health budget in a “landmark” power transfer. It is the first time the Government has devolved health spending to a
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Cafcass has launched Parenting Plan and Family Meetings: a free support service for separated parents in Greater Manchester, Durham, Teesside and North Yorkshire to assist families to agree arrangements for
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A woman has won a family court fight for the return of her two-year-old son despite social workers’ concerns about the implications of a Christmas Day “drunken sexual escapade” with
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A senior family court judge has said the way a council handled proceedings relating to the care of two brothers was “reprehensible”. Mr Justice Newton – who is based in
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Seven men and one woman have been arrested in an investigation into historical abuse at a former boarding school. Cumbria Police said the arrests were made in connection with “non-recent”
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The growing number of people living with dementia are to benefit from a new initiative poised for launch in care homes across Bradford, Airedale, Craven, Wharfedale and East Lancashire. The
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A new £10 million project aims to make Manchester more “age friendly” for older people. Dr Stefan White from the Manchester School of Architecture and partners Southway Housing have been
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Survivors of child abuse within the Catholic Church are taking their former diocese to court after allegations of an institutional cover-up going back decades. The claims – dating back to
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A father who was identified by a judge as sexually assaulting his 13-month-old daughter before her death, has fled the country, his sister has said. After a family court judge
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A father found to have sexually assaulted his 13-month-old daughter shortly before her sudden death will not face criminal action unless new evidence comes to light. High Court family judge
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